Cloth cap



June 11, 191:1. PEKOWSKY 1,717,169

' -CLOTH CAP Filed July 18. 1928 Patented June 11, 1929.

* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

LOUIS I. IEKQWSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

- CLOTH CAI.

Application filed. July 18, 1928. Serial No. 293,586.

Another object of the invention is to pro-.

vide a cap of this nature with a hinged peak or visor, adapted whendesired to be secreted within the cap.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hat of this naturewith a stretchable band at the bottom thereof, thereby providing meansto make the cap expansible within limits embracing several sizes, and tocompensate for the thickness of the visor when folded inwardly.

A still further object of the invention is to produce a cap of thenature referred to of simple and inexpensive construction.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of theimprovements is better understood, the invention consistingsubstantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts hereinfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinsimilar reference characters are used to describe corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and then finally pointed out andspecifically defined and indicated in the appended claim.

The discolsure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention itnot to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter,'therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a sideview in elevation of my improved cap.

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, partly in sect-ion showing the visorin hidden position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the visor taken on line M Fig. 1 showinghow it is attached to the cap.

Referring now to the drawings in detail 5 indicates a cap having asubstantially flat top 6 and preferably a downwardly tapering bodyportion forming a substantially inverted frustrum of a cone. At thebottom edge of the hat there is provided a stretchable band 8 preferablymade of a knit ted fabric and sub stantially U shaped or tubular incross section. At the frontof the cap I provide a peak or visor 10 whichextends to about the center of the sides of the said tapering bodyportion 7 and is secured thereto in the following manner I Tapes 11 and12 are sewn to the top and bot tom of the upper portion of the visor bya row of stitches 13 near the bottom edges of the said tapes and a rowof stitches I l passes through the omos te ed es oft-a )cs through theli a a J) band 8 and the cap material to form a hinge 15 about which thevisor may be made to swing inwardly or outwardly of the cap as desired.v

By referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that when thevisor is folded inwardly the bottom thereof is disposed above the top ofthe band 8 thus permitting same to stretch without restriction by thesaid visor.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided a childs caphaving a visor adapted to be swung inwardly or outwardly of the hat, thesaid cap being provided with a band adapted to stretch so as tocompensate for the thickness of the visor, when the said visor is swunginside of the cap. I

It will also be seen that I have provided a two style cap of a simpleandinexpensive construction adapted to expand within limits embracingseveralhead sizes.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent isc I I In a cap,a body portion, a stretchable bandaround the bottom edge thereof, a visor, and a fabric hinge connectingthe visor to the body on a line in spaced relation to the top of thestretchable band when the visor is swung to the inside of the cap topermit the band to expand.

In testimony whereof I hereunto athx my signature.

' LOUIS I. PEKOVVSKY.

